>>520905079
>Now, nobody knows. Though my best guess is that there's no overall goal in Ukraine and Putin continues the war for his own safety and to turn Russia into stalinist nightmare 2.0.
I doubt Putin is smart enough to be Stalin 2.0, most likely he believes his own propaganda and/or tries anything he can to save face. Hyping yourself up to be a superpower which can rival America and then failing to pacify the poorest most corrupt country in Europe is just embarassing no matter how you cut it